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Episode: NASAβs two stuck astronauts are returning to Earth sooner under new plan
Description: NASA's two stuck astronauts are returning to Earth a little sooner than planned.
The space agency announced that SpaceX had switched capsules for the astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April. That decision shaved at least a couple of weeks off their prolonged stay at the International Space Station, which hit the eight-month mark a few weeks ago.
"Human spaceflight is full of unexpected challenges," NASA's commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said in a statement.
The test pilots should have returned in June 2024 on Boeing's Starliner...